I assessed the ladder’s size,
clothed by familiar skies…

Would you think a person was crazy if they told you a cloud was pink?

some haiku inspired by clouds and cloudy days Over the high fells Every hill has its own cloud Every tree its shade (Ullswater August 2007) ******************* Huge gold sun cloud-crowned Behind twinkling Runcorn Crowding birds wing home (driving home from Liverpool January 2006) ******************* Through twin trees, harebells – Carrying clouds shoulder-high The Ben broods […]

Vevey, Switzerland. Mont Pélerin poems above Vevey Low hanging the clouds No sky, just grey Dismal is this another day ……………………..shrouds Funeral flowers have withered away …………………..shortlived No sun, no sound. A bell chimes As in gone-by times……. … Steam engine of bygone days Puffs its clouds across the lake Disappearing, reappearing. Reappearing, disappearing. Mountainous […]

Burkesville Kentucky US. Clouds. I stepped outside just before dinner tonight. Girls come quick, I hollered. They ran outside expecting something exciting. The sky was ablaze with magnificent clouds in the sunset. A heavy line of thunderstorms was moving in from the south and a couple of smaller cells were to the north and west. […]

Mont Pèlerin poems above Vevey, Switzerland. Low hanging the clouds No sky, just grey Dismal is this another day ……………………..shrouds Funeral flowers have withered away …………………..shortlived No sun, no sound. A bell chimes As in gone-by times……. ********************* Steam engine of bygone days Puffs its clouds across the lake Disappearing, reappearing. Reappearing, disappearing. Mountainous outlines […]